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6 CR At 9:15.P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of the Edison Electric Ill. Co. to erect and Pole maintain one pole on the Cambridge -Concord Highway near Location. Watertown Street. No persons appeared to object, and Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Potter voted to approve the applica- tion, same having been approved by Mr. Lyons previously. that Mr. Tierney has already paid $211.84 on a water guaranty but has never been connected with the town water , system. He has now built a house and would like servioe. The water betterment on this lot would amount to $54. Water Ex- and Mr. Tierney is willing to pay this amount, but the tension, Supt, recommended that he not be charged any betterment Tierney, assessment due to the fact that he had already paid such Chapter go* a large sum on the water guaranty. The Supt. recommended further that other abutters who had not paid a water I" guaranty but who would be benefited by the extension, be charged the regular betterment assessment. Mr. Ferguson and. Mr. Potter voted to approve the Supt's. recommendation that Mr. Tierney and two others who had paid their water guaranty be charged no betterment assessment of any sort, but that the other abutters be charged the regular betterment assessment. At 9:15.P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of the Edison Electric Ill. Co. to erect and Pole maintain one pole on the Cambridge -Concord Highway near Location. Watertown Street. No persons appeared to object, and Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Potter voted to approve the applica- tion, same having been approved by Mr. Lyons previously. 1 Letter was received from the Town Accountant stating that on May 28th, the Dept. of Publie.Works informed this Town of an allotment of $9562,50 for Uighway Construction, Pleasant and Watertown Streets under hapter 90. The Town made an appropriation of $10,000. for the project and L12 oo0 ends further allotment b the Commonwealth Mr. Russell oan,-•-, set aside the amount of $6375, for the Town allotment and Chapter go* reserved the balance amounting to $2635. The balance as of this date is $1223.98 and after discussing the matter with Mr. Trask, the Accountant suggested that the sum of $12,000. be borrowed. Upon motion of Mr. Potter, both he and Mr. Ferguson voted in favor of authorizing the Town Treasurer to receive bids on a loan of $12,000. in antici- pation of reimbursement from the State and County on the Pleasant and Watertown Streets construction job, the bids to be received on Tuesday, August 27th, 1935, and notes dated August 28th, 1935 and payable December 31st, 1935, An E.R.A. project was submitted to the Board for approval. The project was for the deepening and widening III of Mill Brook from East Lexington railroad station to the Arlington Town line, and connecting by a culvert under the E.R.A, railroad tracks with Sickle Brook, a total distance of Project, 3740 feet. Excavating and spreading earth, rip -rapping Mill Brook, the bottom and -sides, erecting a retaining wall, grading the banks and adjacent land, covering the adjacent land with loam, and seeding the same. The total estimated cost of the project is $51,294. of which:it is estimated the Townts'share will amount to $11,199.00. The Chairman reported that he had received a telegram from Arthur G. Rotch, Administrator W.P.A. stating that 1